Last Friday, USDA employees offered a “Healthy Garden” Workshop to teach area residents and visitors about ways to improve soil health in their gardens. The Workshop series will continue every Friday from noon to 12:30 p.m. through September 25, focusing on a different practical gardening skill each week. The events are held outside USDA headquarters at the ‘People’s Garden’ at the corner of 12th and Jefferson Drive SW, across from the National Mall.

The People’s Garden is a demonstration plot designed to show how even small actions can mean important gains in mitigating global warming, conserving land, and producing a safe, sustainable and nutritious food supply. USDA invites you to sign up today and follow the progress of the People’s Garden on Twitter at twitter.com/peoplesgarden and get the latest real-time “tweets” on events, workshops, plantings and harvests